давам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dāvàti (see there for further descendants). Morphologically parsable as дам (dam) +‎ -вам (-vam).

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Verb

да́вам • (dávam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective дам)

1. (ditransitive) to give

   Ще ти дам книгата.

   Šte ti dam knigata.

   I will give you the book.

2. (ditransitive) to let, to allow

   Synonyms: позволявам (pozvoljavam), разрешавам (razrešavam)

   Родителите ми не ми дават да ходя на кино.

   Roditelite mi ne mi davat da hodja na kino.

   My parents don't let me go to the cinema.

3. (transitive) to produce, to yield, to bear

   Synonyms: произвеждам (proizveždam), раждам (raždam)

   Кравите дават мляко.

   Kravite davat mljako.

   Cows give milk.

4. (transitive) to present in public performance, to give

   Давам концерт.

   Davam koncert.

   To give a concert.

5. (transitive) to provide, as, a service or a broadcast, to show, to be on

   Вече не дават любимото ми предаване.

   Veče ne davat ljubimoto mi predavane.

   They no longer show my favourite programme.

   Дават новините.

   Davat novinite.

   The news is on.

6. (ditransitive) to fix, to set

   Synonyms: поставям (postavjam), установявам (ustanovjavam)

   Учителката даде на учениците си задача да нарисуват ходило.

   Učitelkata dade na učenicite si zadača da narisuvat hodilo.

   The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.

   Давам срок

   Davam srok

   to set a time limit

   Давам тон

   Davam ton

   to set the tone

7. (ditransitive) to estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something), to give

   Давам му десет минути преди да се откаже.

   Davam mu deset minuti predi da se otkaže.

   I give it ten minutes before he gives up.

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Derived terms

See also

• да́вя (dávja, “to strangle”) (etymologically unrelated)

References

• “давам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “давам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “да́вамь (да́ввамь, да дамь, да да́днѫ)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 271
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “давам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 310

Anagrams

• двама (dvama)